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Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: George Jones, “Same Ole Me”

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A beautiful song and strong vocal performance are smothered by a tasteless production choice.

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: The Oak Ridge Boys, “Fancy Free”

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The Oak Ridge Boys top both charts with the

Every No. 1 Country Single of the Eighties: The Oak Ridge Boys, “Elvira”

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The Oak Ridge Boys break the record for sales of a country single.

Every No. 1 Country Single of the Eighties: The Oak Ridge Boys, “Beautiful You”

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The Oak Ridge boys kick off the biggest year of their career.

Every No. 1 Country Single of the Eighties: The Oak Ridge Boys, “Trying to Love Two Women”

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Won’t someone please think of the cheaters?

Every No. 1 Country Single of the Eighties: The Oak Ridge Boys, “Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight”

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The Oak Ridge boys top both charts with an Emmylou Harris cover.

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First as a songwriter, then as a new country superstar, and currently as an alternative country icon, Rodney Crowell has made an indelible mark on country music for nearly four decades.

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100 Greatest Men: #88. The Oak Ridge Boys

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They started out as a gospel group in the forties, but it was their country-pop hits of the early eighties that made them superstars.

First formed as Wally Fowler and the Georgia Clodhoppers in 1943, they became the Oak Ridge Quartet when they found that they were performing their gospel songs in that area of Tennessee more than in any other place.

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